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Table 3 Percentage of individuals with threshold scores or higher who were found clinically asthmatic in the 2001 validation set (n = 126)

From: Development of a questionnaire weighted scoring system to target diagnostic examinations for asthma in adults: a modelling study

Threshold Score

Number of individuals above threshold

Median age (years) [range]

Majority verdict asthma

Majority verdict mixed disease

Majority verdict asthma or mixed disease

     

Number

Percent

11

11

33 [21–54]

9

1

10

90.9

10

32

40.5 [21–74]

27

1

28

87.5

9

72

44.5 [18–75]

53

10

63

87.5

8

114

47 [17–88]

76

19

95

83.3

7

121

47 [17–88]

77

19

96

79.3

6

126

47 [17–88]

81

20

101

80.1